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Executive Summary
- Region vows to help boat people at Thai-hosted meeting
- PM Prayut calls for narrowing inequality at UN ESCAP conference
- Prime Minister steps up war on corruption, police transferred
- Moody’s says Thailand stable; Ministry pushes Thai franchises
- Japan seeks investment from Thailand, rail lines approved
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Back to topRegion vows to help boat people at Thai-hosted meeting
Countries in Southeast Asia and their partners pledged to help thousands of boat people adrift on the Indian Ocean and to work to solve the root causes of the crisis, at a regional meeting organized and hosted by Thailand last week. Read more
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Back to topPM Prayut calls for narrowing inequality at UN ESCAP conference
Saying he was shaken by the knowledge that three million children under the age of five around the world die each year because they lack access to health care, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on the global community to do more to solve poverty and the widening gap between rich and poor, during opening remarks at the annual regional policy forum at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (ESCAP) held in Bangkok last week. Read more
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Back to topPrime Minister steps up war on corruption, police transferred
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on Monday that he will take his war on corruption to the next level, stepping up measures in particular against graft in government contracts and procurement. Read more
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Back to topMoody’s says Thailand stable; Ministry pushes Thai franchises 
Thailand’s sovereign credit situation is stable thanks to a strong government financial position, international credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Service said last week, as the Ministry of Commerce urged more Thai businesses to start franchising overseas. Read more
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Back to topJapan seeks investment from Thailand, rail lines approved
Japanese investment helped transform Thailand into an industrial economy and has been a driver of Thai economic growth since the 1970s, but now Japan is turning the tables and asking Thailand and its companies to invest more in Japan to ensure its own sustainable growth. Also last week, the Cabinet approved plans for Japanese investment in new high-speed rail lines in Thailand. Read more
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